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Historical Event on 9/8/1995
Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1990 | Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha. |
| 11/20/1942 | Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
| 5/2/1968 | Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act. |
| 12/15/1749 | Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died. |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
| 1/16/1989 | Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs. |
| 10/10/1952 | US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. |
| 5/24/1960 | Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal. |
| 9/17/1954 | India outlaws bigamy. |
| 4/21/1659 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami. |
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